Prime Minister Narendra Modi had an "extensive and fruitful interaction" with a delegation of Bollywood producers and actors at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai on Tuesday. The issues plaguing the film industry were discussed in the meeting.

Had an extensive and fruitful interaction with a delegation from the film and entertainment industry.

The delegation spoke about the strides being made by the film and entertainment industry, and gave valuable inputs relating to GST for their sector. https://t.co/ulQMtxTJQj pic.twitter.com/n4Dn38EJLr

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 18, 2018

According to PTI, producers Ritesh Sidhwani, Karan Johar, Sidharth Roy Kapur, the president of the Film Producers Guild, Rakesh Roshan, Ronnie Screwwala, Prasoon Joshi, the chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) were part of the delegation. Actors and producers Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgan were also present.

 

However, as the Twitterati pointed out, there was not a woman in sight in a convention that was supposed to have representatives of the Indian film industry - the largest in the world.

 

Angry Twitter users expressed disgruntlement over the fact that "women are not even on invite lists, forget bottom of the lists".

 

Here are some reactions which mentioned the irony of having an all-male delegation represent the Indian film industry, especially after a year which was marked with multiple women-led blockbusters.

 

Lipstick Under My Burkha filmmaker Alankita Shrivastava was among the first to call attention to the fact that there were no women in the delegation. She tweeted, "Would be great to have female representation in these delegations. It is 2018.”

Would be great to have female representation in these delegations. It is 2018. https://t.co/HoxGbptgwX

— Alankrita Shrivastava (@alankrita601) December 18, 2018 

 

Alankrita’s statement was retweeted by director Nikkhil Advani among others. Many people made the same observation and remarked how such a thing is a shame in today’s day and age, even using the popular hashtag #WhereAreAllTheWomen.

 

 

Even after #MeTooIndia, no one cared to include even one woman in the delegation. https://t.co/khSQ2g3Egh

— Surbhi Gupta (@bysurbhigupta) December 18, 2018

Looks like the womenfolk from the film and entertainment industry seem to have nothing worth sharing with the PM of the country. Maybe all the harassment, casting couch, pay gap, misrepresentation and sexism must have been addressed already? https://t.co/cea12BkMCN

— Calling Out Stalking (@CallOutStalking) December 18, 2018

And not one woman to represent the Indian film industry! #WhereAreAllTheWomen https://t.co/sEDnK6vOFY

— Sameera Khan (@samjourno123) December 18, 2018

As always, aghast to see that the Hindi film industry team meeting the PM is an ALL MALE team. Unbelievable. We have senior women directors, actors and producers. Where are they?@AzmiShabana @TheFarahKhan @meghnagulzar @gaurikhan

What say, @BDUTT of these manels? https://t.co/DOPmQPdyzB

— Meera Harish (@meeraharish) December 19, 2018

And these superstars only speak about women empowerment when their move is all set to release. No women from film industry? Much wow https://t.co/D9S20eTdu0

— SVETA MISHRA (@Whysoliberal) December 19, 2018

The circumstances in which the meeting took are still unclear. There is no official word on whether women representatives from the industry were even invited to the event. However, their absence is certainly jarring to the Twitterati especially because this is not an isolated incident.

A 'film industry delegation', comprising Aamir Khan, Aanand L Rai, Rajkumar Hirani and Siddahrth Roy Kapur had met Modi in October to discuss how the fraternity could help in nation building. There was not a single woman representative in an official photo which made its way online.

There has been no comment from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on the absence of women representatives yet.

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